Keeping Up Appearances (1990)

Name: Keeping Up Appearances
Rating: 7.7

Rating: 7.7

Synopsis

Hyacinth Bucket (whose name, she insists, is pronounced "Bouquet") is a suburban housewife in the West Midlands. She would be the first to tell you that she is a gracious hostess, a respected citizen, and a well-connected member of high society. If you don't believe that, just ask her best friend Elizabeth, held captive in Hyacinth's kitchen; or the postmen and neighbours who bristle at the sound of her voice; or Richard, her weary and compliant husband. In fact, Hyacinth's reputation could be as perfect as her new lounge set, if not for her senile father's love of running wild in the nip. Oh, and she would prefer it if her brother-in-law was a sharper dresser. And that her husband was more ambitious. And that her sisters were more presentable. And do take your shoes off before you come in the house, dear. Mind that you don't brush against the wallpaper.

First Air Date: 1990-10-29

Last Air Date: 1995-11-05

Number of Seasons: 5

Number of Episodes: 40

Created By: Roy Clarke

Networks: BBC One

View Technical Specifications on IMDb

Top Cast

Patricia Routledge as Hyacinth Bucket
Clive Swift as Richard Bucket
Judy Cornwell as Daisy
Geoffrey Hughes as Onslow
Josephine Tewson as Elizabeth 'Liz' Warden
David Griffin as Emmet
Mary Millar as Rose
Jeremy Gittins as Michael the Vicar
George Webb as Daddy
Marion Barron as The Vicar's Wife

Seasons

Select a Season

None

None (1990)

No overview available for this season.

Episodes:

Ep. 1: Daddy's Accident (1990-10-29)

Hyacinth's "Daddy" is put into an ambulance and taken to hospital, after getting injured chasing after the milk woman naked on her bike. After visiting him, Hyacinth returns home and is visited by the gas man, whose life she makes difficult.
Ep. 2: The New Vicar (1990-11-05)

Hyacinth is determined to create the perfect impression when inviting the new Vicar for “tea and light refreshments”. However her hopes come crashing down on her when Onslow and Daisy turn up with the news Daddy has been kidnapped by a gypsy. The day gets even worse for the polish-perfecting protagonist when Rose turns up, on her way to her own funeral.
Ep. 3: Stately Home (1990-11-12)

Hyacinth and Richard visit a stately home where the leading lady hopes to meet a member of the aristocratic family. However she fears her social status will be sabotaged by Onslow, Daisy and Rose, who turn up unexpectedly. Thus Hyacinth drags Richard through the ground's private gardens to hide from the lower-class clan.
Ep. 4: The Charity Shop (1990-11-19)

It is Liz and Hyacinth's day to help Mrs Nugent at the charity shop, and on their way there, Hyacinth has to make a visit to Onslow and Daisy's to remove a woman (played by Gretchen Franklin) from Daddy's room, refusing to leave. Meanwhile Rose intends to give up men, and arrives at the charity shop to donate her raunchy underwear.
Ep. 5: Daisy's Toyboy (1990-11-26)

In an attempt to make Onslow jealous, Daisy finds herself a toyboy. However the plan fails and Daisy sends Onslow to the Church hall to meet Richard, in a final ploy to get him to notice her antics.
Ep. 6: The Christening (1990-12-03)

Daisy and Onslow’s granddaughter Kylie is getting christened, but Hyacinth is unimpressed because there has not been a wedding first. The day does not get any better for Hyacinth when she and Richard are forced to come to the rescue of the baby's mother Stephanie, whose transport has broken down. The leading lady then learns the baby's mother is a hippie, who is unaware of the baby’s father.